Union Township News Wilbur Strunk Leaves on 14 Day Leave
Wilbur Strunk of San Diego arrives home for a fourteen day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs La Zelle Strunk. The Union Farmerettes 4 H club canvasses for the Cancer fund in Union Township this week. Social visits occur among residents including the Cox family and multiple local households with neighbors stopping by during the weekend and weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Boyer
Dennis Kelley
Herschel Kelley
Brenda
Barbara
Russell Kelley
Lawrence Dommer
John Kelley
George Kelley
Richard Proctor
Burdett Cox
Union Farmerettes
Cancer Fund
Union Township
Rowena
Nyle
Carl Cox
Wilbur Strunk
San Diego
Calif
la Zelle Strunk
Ray Lockmans
Willard Brain
Debbie
Diana
Exline
Gilbert Jay
Ottumwa
Ronald van Zante Ami Greg
Moline
Local families share a Sunday weiner roast and visits
Mr and Mrs Burdett Cox Rowena and Nyle Mr and Mrs Dale Cox and children and Jim Logan enjoyed a weiner roast Sunday evening Mrs Frederick Koehler visited Sunday late afternoon with Carrie Boyer Evening visitors were Mr and Mrs Russell Alden and Alice Mr and Mrs Burdett Cox Nyle Bryan and Marla Kay called at Walter Harpers Sunday evening Other callers at Harpers during the week were Winfred Bailey Arthur Keiffer Joe and Danny Wilson Catherine Hawk and Omer Eakins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdett Cox
Rowena
Nyle
Dale Cox
Jim Logan
Weiner
Frederick Koehler
Carrie Boyer
Russell Alden
Alice
Bryan
Marla Kay
Walter Harpers
Harpers
Winfred Bailey
Arthur Keiffer
Joe
Danny Wilson
Catherine Hawk
Omer Eakins
Litterbug Contest Winners Highlight Salem News
Irene Brozovich and Steven Huff win the Litterbug Contest sponsored by the Moravian Garden Club as community notes show a sequence of visits and social events. The item lists local residents, gatherings, and church and Red Cross activities across Moravia Centerville Des Moines Ottumwa Albia Unionville Rock Island and nearby towns with multiple entries for the Hellyer and Jennings families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hellyer
Irene Brozovich
Steven Huff
Moravian Garden Club
Leonard Vance
Lloyd Brown
Clarence Whitehead
Sandra
Centerville
Delbert Calhoun
Richard
Karl Lee
Cari Calhoun
George Hellyer
Debbie Bruce
Rock Island
Dell Hellyer
Sandra Whitehead
Richard Calhoun
Moravia
Des Moines
Clarence Whithead
Red Cross
Clarence
Charles Jennings
Tammy
Todd
Marshalltown
Robert Jennings
Raymond Perry
A. E. Derby
Albia
Donald Whitehead
Bert Rinehart
Edward McCord
Roscoe Argo Home Event Noted Sunday Afternoon
A short line notes officials or observers visiting the Roscoe Argo home Sunday afternoon. The fragment provides limited context but confirms the time and location. No further details are available in the readable text.
Pete Dicks Visits Parents in Vosburg
Pete Dicks of Oakland California visited his parents Truxton and Mrs Dicks in Vosburg on Saturday. Community members attended various social calls at local homes including the Brown, Christy, Rinehart, and Thompson families during the week. A new baby girl born May 3 to Paul Talmadge of Des Moines and Wayne Thompson’s niece was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Brown
Pete Dicks
Oakland
Calif
Truxton Dicks
Roy Argo
Doris
Carol Christy
Anna Landgrebe
Russell Brown
Bernice Rinehart
Laura Sweeden
Moravia
Gilbert Callen
Gladys Townsend
Centerville
Ray Sweeden
Lynn Sweeden
Ray Rinehart
Fred Christy
Wayne Christy
Clara
Theresa Brown
Iconium
W.S.C.S
Bert Rinehart
Emily
Marcia Thompson
Nellie Thompson
Leta Haver
Theresa
Brad Brown
Chariton
Ed Haver
Julie
George Rinehart
Flo Frame
Jim Frame
Michelle
Des Moines
Clayton Sheldon
Marjorie Kelsey
Wayne Thompson
Franklin Rinehart
Pearl Broshar
Paul Talmadge
Randy Dommer
Jimmie Sheldon
Mrs Lemley Heads to Denver and Salt Lake City
Mrs Ethel Lemley leaves Thursday for Denver Colorado to visit daughter and son in law Gerald Jensen and family. She will visit Arthur Lemley in Salt Lake City. Des Moines visitors include Wayne McKnight and children. Sunday guests at various Atwell and Fenton homes list several local families and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlo Fenton
Ethel Lemley
Denver
Calo
Gerald Jensen
Arthur Lemley
Salt Lake City
Wayne McKnight
Des Moines
Iven Atwell
Hall Hensley
Russell
Ed Fenton
Pafternoon
Laten Atwell
Carl Thompson
Promise City
Merrrill Atwell
West Point Community Notices and Social Exchanges
Mrs. Leo Hoffman presides as West Point social notices detail visits from Mrs. Roscoe Argo and Mrs. Clair Potts. Laura Sweeden is noted on Wednesday afternoon. Cancer fund solicitation occurs Thursday forenoon. Otumwa visitors include Mrs. Delbert Hayworth. Funeral services for Gretchen Ashby render Thursday afternoon. Iconiuta W.S.C.S. bake sale at Centerville Friday forenoon with Sibyl Whitehead and others assisting. Additional calls and visits include Roscoe Argo, Jake Firkins home, Moravia garden sale attendees, and visits between Stella Argo, Allie Argo, and Luther Casters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hoffman
Roscoe Argo
Clair Potts
Laura Sweeden
Edward Haver
Cancer Fund
Delbert Hayworth
Ottumwa
Richard Hoffman
Andrew Mosley
Gretchen Ashby
Sibyl Whitehead
Pearl Shahan
Verta Hoffman
Stella Argo
Leta Haver
Centerville
Verta
Stella
Jake Firkins
Ned Argo
B. F. Whitehead
Pearl Shahin
Garden Club
Moravia
Allie Argo
Hugh McFatridge
Luther Casters
Weekend Visits and Sympathy Note Local News
Saturday and Sunday visitors are listed across several households including the Hoffmans Fisher Whitehead and Shahan families with stops at Clarence Whitehead Roscoe Argo and Richard Hoffman homes. Expressions of sympathy extend to the Sneeden and Ashby families while Haver relatives visit Pollock Missouri and Julie spends time with grandparents Glen Wakefield in Mystic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hoffman
Kenneth Fisher
Leo Hoffman
B. F. Whitehead
Linda
Pearl Shahan
Clarence Whitehead
Lloyd Johnson
Henry van Weelden
Roscoe Argo
Charles Jennings
Tammy and
Todd
Marshalltown
Jennie Jennings
Jee Harmon
John Kelly
Alicin
Richard Hoffman
Sneeden
Ashby
Edward Haver
Julie
George Rinehart
Rex Haver
Pollock, Mo
Dulie
Glen Wakefield
Mystic
Unionville News notes hospital transfer and local visits
Mrs. Lena Egbert was taken to Iowa City hospital Monday after a stay in Bloomfield hospital. Friends and relatives from Bloomfield Ottumwa Perry Maxwell and Unionville mingled for visits. Metta Harrington Billy Lockman and others hosted gatherings in several towns with dinners and social hours surrounding family events and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Egbert
Lena Egbert
Iowa City Hospital
Bloomfield Hospital
Jeff Pirtley
Bloomfield
Metta Harrington
John Rose
Harry Rumley
Maxwell
Craig Ross
Perry
Calvin Rumley
Miller West
H.E.O. Club
Melrose
John Romans
Dale Riegel
Jim Rumansland
Ottumwa
Billy Lockman
Moravia
Keith Cridlebaugh
Addie Hull
Writa Ireland
Joyce
Eddie Massey
Columbus Junction
Paul Hopkins
Blakesburg
Richard
Unionville, Mo
Ralph Hopkins
Frank Hopkins
Opal Smith
Lester Hopkins
Letha
Dwight Ogden
Jerry Felton
Charley Firtle
Jon Pirtle
Bob Cross
Des Moines
Martha Cross
Lois Kelley
Remore
Assignments Galore Plague Junior Class Says Connie Mullins
The junior American Literature class faces heavy outside work. By May 3 students must read a poem in class and by May 10 memorize a ten to twelve line poem. By May 12 they must present reports on fifteen to twenty lines about Iowa authors. The students also complete daily tasks.
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Iowa
Connie Mullins
Renew Your Life Now Library Bulletin Board Sign
A library bulletin board features the title Renew Your Life Now in gold letters at the top of a black timber frame. the central panel displays text and materials for patrons.
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Library Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board
Easter bulletin board features cross and eggs display
A bulletin board posted before Easter shows a cross reading He Lives via a Van de Graaff generator on Nancy Crabtree. The board includes hook covers stapled onto colored Easter eggs and is covered with white construction tie and used paper.
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Vande Graff
Nancy Crabtree
Baseball in the Gym Version of Rainy Day Play
When it rains we play baseball in the gym using regel bases and a volley ball as the ball. The bat is the arm and a hit off the curtain is an automatic home run. Mr. Armstrong serves as pitcher and umpire. Mike Mullins notes the losing team runs taps to cover score differences.
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Mr. Armstrong
Mike Mullins
Literature Highlights From Essays to Speeches
In literature we study essays and speeches to learn that an essay is a personal piece where the writer has a message and says it in an engaging way. Readings include Patrick Henry Liberty or Death and the Gettysburg Address.
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Patrick Henry
Franklin ‘Roosevelt
John Glenn Ir
Breakfasts in Home Ec I Week Menu
In the past week Home Ec I classes prepared a heavy breakfast including french toast rice baked apples and cocoa On Thursday they baked a coffee cake and eggnog They can cook only two days a week on other days they study basic food groups Debra Walker
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Home Ec I
Debra Walker
American History Lesson Sparks War Memories
During a six week study, students explore causes of World War II. On Wednesday Mr. Armstrong taught in Mr. Sheldon’s absence and shared insights on Hitler. Thursday guest Danny Brooks displayed his father’s war souvenirs, including flags, pictures, money, and medals, to the class.
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Armstrong
Sheldon
Hilter
Danny Brooks
Unit study in eighth period English class
In eighth period English we study the unit with various literature forms including poetry short stories biographical sketches and plays. We are currently reading essays by authors such as Arnold Bennett John D Stewart and Ray Bradley and answering end of essay questions to aid understanding.
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Arnold Bennett
John D. Stewart
Ray Bradley
Moravia schools host chorus program in district meet
The Moravia High School hosted part of the SC A meeting Monday night featuring a boys chorus singing Go Not Far From Me Oh God and We Sail the Ocean Blue and the Girls Glee Club performing Wagon Wheels and Tumbling Tumbleweeds directed by Mrs Burghoffer Also listed were unrelated song titles and classroom items from the event featuring Joyce Tre Race and Count Me In as phrases in the program
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S.C.A
Moravia High School
Girls Glee Club
Death and defiance in Dorothy Parker poem
The poem speaks of death through stark metaphors. It juxtaposes pain and danger with a stubborn acceptance that you might as well live despite grim realities.
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Dorothy Parker
First Period Science Class: Electricity Basics
Students describe electricity components and lab instruments such as Van de Graaff generator, oscilloscope, and Leyden jar. They define voltage as the push of electrons and compare static electricity to voltage, noting its relative strength.
Poetry unit groups and noted poets in Literature II
In Literature II poetry is grouped into narrative love supernatural and impressions. Readings include Kit Karson's Ride If Thou Must Have Me The Raven and vel vet Shoes. Authors cited are Browning Poe Wordsworth Eliot and others.
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Kit Karson
the Raven
Velvet Shoes
Robert Browning
Hubert Bridges
Edgar Allan Poe
William Wordsworth
Eliot
Study Hall Fab Four and Rumors at MHS Room 108
Tour of MHS study hall highlights a foursome nicknamed the Fab Four Paula Sherrie Sandy and Long Tall Sally. Abigail Beecher calls Rowena Cox down for humming This Diamond Ring and writing Love Letters in the Sand while John In Trane grows angry. Til We Meet Again.
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MHS
Paula
Sherrie
Sandy
John- In
Trane
Springtime Fashions At MHS Prompt Fresh Styles
Students at MHS showcase new spring clothing as snow melts and rain ends. Early May highlights include Rose Blumer modeling a knee-tickler striped design around the hip line, signaling evolving hall fashion trends.
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MHS
Rose Blumer
Fashion Notes On Students Summer Attire At School
Sondra Scott wears a dark blue printed blouson dress with a knife pleated skirt and tie belt. Marsha Day showcases an empire waistline dress in a red print with long sleeves and large side pockets. Mary Kay Spencer comments on the cool, practical outfits for warm days.
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Sondra Scott
Sondra
Marsha Day
Mary Kay Spencer
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